I've had aftermarket and Peugeot Gutmann wheels on my 16V that were 7" wide.

With the correct offset of 15mm, you still have to "tweak" the rear arches.

This involved flushing the inner steel wing back a few mm so that it is smooth with the outer GRP rear arch spat.

You also have to reprofile slightly the rear arch spat where it comes up and away from the sill of the rear door shut. This only comes into play when the car is down on it's suspension or set into low, but still has to be done to avoid damaging the tyre.

So to answer your question: I do not know of anybody fitting 8" wide wheels to a Bx and for me it is unpracticle to attempt.

I found that with 7" wide wheels the car tram lined a lot more but did feel more planted on the road.

If is a 20mm ET rim then won't need a spacer as will be out quite tight to the arch edge,
A 20mm spacer would bring it down to a Zero offset, you'd need some work on the arch to get them in if at all, iirc the Std alloy is an ET15 so you can judge the extra space needed from the rim edge out, not forgetting the extra width on the 16" rims.

Timmo

After all i am the Cornish one!

Its Because its French!
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When I ran the 17's on the car I had to file down the inner side of the fiberglass Arch cover, if you look at the picture od the sport you can see the wheel is Close to the front of the rear arch, is the section on the insdie used to catch on the tyre,
They look the Nuts of nice rims though, was Dans triton on gold team dynamic Rims that used to have a small picture on the Old foruim that got me thinking! And mikes p2 triton, can't remember the rims you had mike, may be bk's similar to those on the sport?? And not forgetting Simrans on the compomotives! - Love those wjeels!!! They Really do suit angular wheels due to the shape of the car,

Timmo

After all i am the Cornish one!

Its Because its French!
Bx16v club - Sharing the love for the unloved!

The rear arch mounting Nuts don't really serve any purpose except to hold it in place on the construction line while the bonding sets. Have you ever tried removing a front or rear arch spat? Takes hours hacking away at the bonding!

I've tried looking on Tineye.com to no avail. I can't remember where I got the image from, its file name is BXAX.jpg. I found some more photos of the AX by searching "citroracing 2007" but sadly none of the Valver.

I'm wondering what size the BBS-RS style wheels are?
15" or 16"? and what width?

frog wrote:Just wondering if anyone has tried Speedline 434's on their valver.
They're 15" x 6.75", but they're ET8. So, they protrude out .75" more on the outside than the stock 6" ET15 speedline. They would protrude .25" more than a 7" wide wheel with an ET of 15.